Vortec Space
Published on 2025-12-12 19:44:17
Vortec space, originally known as Blue Special Effect, is a wallpaper included in Windows XP, licensed from Corbis. It was created by Digital Art, the company of graphic designer Timothy Alt.[1] Like Bliss, it also came from Westlight, a small stock photo agency bought by Corbis in 1998. It depicts a computer-generated blue vortex. It is spelt as "Vortec", which is most likely a typo as "c" is next to "x" on keyboards. It was briefly taken down from Getty Images in January 2020, along with many other photos, due to Getty discontinuing rights-managed licenses. However, it returned as a royalty free image, oddly being placed in The Image Bank collection along with other Westlight photos.
